Gents; Hope all the US Armatians had a nice Thanksgiving. Trying to get a feel for some of the tactical nuances in Armati. I've read the WarFlute article and...
... the 90s that ... me they ... a hump but ... about them. ... contacts with the ... thought. ... them in the ... rhetoric, ... Steve, Many thanks for that -...
Just because I have a dim idea or two about military history, please do not make the mistake of assuming I have any intelligent ideas about tactics. (I am...
Good stuff but not quite that straightforward. With your FV5 Ft can get two units loaded onto the frontaage of the FV7 and it does indeed take 8 moves (with...
Hi All, ... A *minimum* of 8 moves. Also, the 2 5FV FT cost less than the 7FV COH combined. The trick is to make the numbers count on the flanks, as the great...
The primary point of using the deep units is to get two units on one so that you have 8 turns to work around the flanks. More time to work around the flanks...
Hi All: Am I going nuts or was their once a list that included mixed bow and spear
units? I just received an OG pack of bow for this purpose and discover on...
Luxor, The main fault I have with the movie is that it gives only a few clues as to why people would be willing to follow him accrosss the known world. It...
I don't remember far enough back to know if there were mixed bow/spear units in AA. In A2, Luxor was the primary author of the Mycenean & Trojan lists with...
Whoops! I went back and looked at the lists and find that my memory is faulty. The Greeks have the Boeotians at bow armed foot but the Trojan sides bow armed...
My fault. Careful study of the various art led to me to the conclusion that most had given mixed bow units because hunting pictures showed columns with a line...
The film seems to have tried to cover two stools. Alex the world changer and Alex the screwed up boy with homephile tendencies. Gore Vidal could be a powerful...
Actually we agreed that there were FT bow units on Both sides and then there were clouds of 'low' fellows with slings and bows. What was agreed in the end that...
... Interesting comment. The rules say it is to prevent impetus breaking a unit. The narrow front/greater hitting power reason is a wargamer's use of that rule...
... one ... breaking a unit. ... of that ... Hi gang This abuse can easyly prevented changing the rule: Deep deployment is two linears unit placed one behin...
Don't really see forming deep here as abuse. There is a downside--having deeper flanks making them more vulnerable. Plus you can potentially give your...
... This is pretty much how one forms deep in the Intro scheme. You don't get to fight with both units at the same time, but you still buy at least 8 turns...
This is pretty much how one forms deep in the Intro scheme. You don't get to fight with both units at the same time, but you still buy at least 8 turns against...
In a message dated 12/3/04 12:56:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... No, the disadvantage of deepening a line means you shorten it, so the enemy can get over laps...
That's how I see it, a trade-off for the general. The defense against impetus is a benefit, giving up +1 for wider and reducing total army frontage is a ...
WB can not deploy deep, unless allowed by a special rule in the army lists. Forming deep is a trade off - hitting power for vulnerable flanks. Two on one ...
Oh , so my lousy die rolling is now internationally famous ? That's nice..........Now I know how Colonel Boycott felt. On a brighter note, I have my excuses...
... <graham.d.evans@n...> ... units ... There is another advantage related to LC in deep formation, they can concentrate their shooting on a single target...
... Can I just point out I did not use the words "Abuse" and "Gamesmanship" in my original posting. I understand the trade off with deep flanks and so on, but...
... Whilst I was predisposed to disagree with Graham about it being 'gamey' to put troops in deep, because I can see that it does replicate the benefits of...
An idea which occurred to me after the Glasgow show, which would address one specific issue about forming up deep, was simply to ban Roman cohorts from forming...
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